Noun Review

Concrete or Abstract?
Concrete nouns can be seen or touched; they are PHYSICAL objects.

Examples: Shoe, horse, smoke, bridge, the White House,

Abstract nouns cannot be touched or seen like subjects, emotions, or concepts.

Examples: Happiness, justice, math, time

Noun or Adjective?
Sometime words that are usually nouns act as adjectives.
Be careful to not always assume certain words are nouns.

Ex. The candle was blown out. My desk is a mess

The candle holder was broken. My desk lamp is turned off.

Determiners
Determiners are words that clarify the which, whose, or how many of the noun.

There are 6 kinds of determiners:

1. Articles: A, An, The (The cat, a bike, an apple)

2. This, That, These, and Those (This book, those chairs)

3. Numbers (Ten cakes)

4. Some, any, few, no, many, several, etc. (No players, few cars)

5. Possessive Pronouns (My, his, her, our, their, its, your)

6. Possessive Nouns (Mr. Nocito’s students, the lady’s dress)
Determiners
BEWARE!

Sometimes these words can be nouns instead of determiners (adjectives)….

Ex. Take this to the library. Some of the students take Latin.
Take this book to the library. Some students take Latin.

Five men went into the cave.

Five went into the cave.
Proper Nouns and Possessives
What is a proper noun?
Names a specific person, place, event, etc.
What do you always do with a proper noun?
Captialize!
Ex. Mr. Jones, Nike, the Eiffel Tower, Great Depression, France

How do you make a noun possesive?

A singular noun ALWAYS adds an ’s, regardless if it ends in an s.
Ex. truck’s tire, boy’s bag, Kyle’s lunch
waitress’s menu, boss’s desk, Jesus’s disciples

A pluarl noun ending in s recieves an ’ (an apostrophe).

Ex. trucks’ tires, the boys’ bags, the students’ tests
children’s games, mice’s cheese, women’s health
Direct, Indirect Objects, & Predicate Nomnatives
Direct Objects - receive the action and must come after an action verb
Ex. Bill threw the ball.
James wrote a letter.

Indirect Objects - receive the direct object and will ALWAYS be inbetween
the verb and the direct object
Ex. Bill threw Timothy the ball.
James wrote his mother a letter.

Predicate Nomnatives - come after a linking verb and renames the subject
Ex. She has been my best friend since first grade.
Mrs. Jones is the new secretary.
Appositives
A word or phrase that stands next to a noun and adds additional information.
Appostives are set apart by commas!

Ex. Spike, my bulldog, has to be walked daily.

The movie featured my favorite superhero, Batman.
The hotlunches, chicken tenders and fries, are served every Tuesday.
Next week Sarah, my pen pal from France, will visit my city.
Gerunds
When a word that is usually a verb becomes a NOUN by adding -ing

Ex. Sleeping is my favorite actvity. Running is great exercise.

He loves sleeping. Bill started running to lose weight.